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checky

Does not work for me. copied in alt and lat from google maps for the location i wanted to use but checking the outcome on https://webbrowsertools.com/geolocation/ - the old / wrong coordinates show up instead of the values I have set. The addon reverts "." to "," - dunno if that's the problem. However.

checky

Same issue here for several weeks.
For me it usually helps to restart the browser or even:
Right click in sidebar - setup sidebar - disable telegram - enable telegram.

However: Would be good if dev would take a look at it...

Cheers!

checky

Hi!

Sorry for reopening this thread after such a long time, but I came across the same issue with no proper solution. At least none which would last for long. So I took a crack to solve the issue myself.

I had search shortcuts "d" set for dict.cc ; "m" to maps.google.com; "y" for youtube ; "e" for ebay and so on and so on.

Since Opera added their partner content sites to override my search engines and did not leave us a possibility to change the shortcuts I was close to quit with Opera.

A possible solution is to delete the "%ProgramFiles(x86)%/Opera/%Version%/resources/default_partner_content.json" where the Opera forced search engines are stored, and then get back to opera://settings/searchEngines to set your own ones (after deleting that file the originally user set ones will work again anyway).

Problem with that is that with every update that file will get loaded again, into a new version folder. So the solution above needed some tweaking.

Here is what I did / you could do (tested with Opera 26,27,28 but should work with other :

Hit "WINDOWS KEY" + "E" (to) open the Windows Explorer - browse to your own files or where you want the script to reside
Right click in that directory --> "New" --> "New text file" and name it "OperaLauncher.BAT.txt"
Open that file in Notepad (or preferably Notepad++ if you got that)
Paste the following code to it:

@echo off & setlocal 
set "OperaProgRoot=C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera" 
set "OperaLauncherExe=%OperaProgRoot%\launcher.exe" 
set "GetV=%Temp%\GetV.vbs" 
echo Set objWMIService=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")>"%GetV%" 
echo Set colFiles=objWMIService.ExecQuery ("SELECT * FROM CIM_Datafile WHERE Name='"^&Replace(WScript.Arguments(0),"\","\\")^&"'")>>"%GetV%" 
echo For Each objFile in colFiles: WScript.Echo objFile.version: Next>>"%GetV%" 
set Version= 
for /f %%i in ('cscript //nologo "%GetV%" "%OperaLauncherExe%"') do set "Version=%%i" 
if defined Version echo %OperaLauncherExe% - Version %Version% 
del "%GetV%" 
IF NOT EXIST "%OperaProgRoot%\%Version%\resources\default_partner_content.json" GOTO LAUNCH_OPERA 
: RENAME_DPC 
ren "%OperaProgRoot%\%Version%\resources\default_partner_content.json" "default_partner_content.json.BAK" 
: LAUNCH_OPERA 
"%OperaLauncherExe%"

Rename the file to "OperaLauncher.BAT" - or what ever you want but make sure it is now .BAT and not a text file / .TXT anymore)

Recommended: Right click that "OperaLauncher.BAT" --> send to --> Desktop (create shortcut)

Optional: Change the icon for the shortcut on the desktop by right click --> Properties --> Change icon --> OK --> browse to your Opera installation (usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Opera ) and select Opera.exe --> select icon of choice --> Apply.

Now every time you start Opera by this icon (independent of updates) - that default partner content file will get renamed (so your personal settings will be used) before Opera is started.

For those you are interested / experiencing issues due to other installation location:
The script:

sets two variables for the program path of opera / where the launcher.exe resides (check / copy that by right clicking your Opera desktop icon --> properties)
checks the file version of the default launcher.exe - which is updated with every opera version (see above)
adds that into a variable as well
checks if the partner content file exists in the current version folder and renames it / backs it up if it exists
otherwise / after --> that launches the default opera launcher.exe

So if your Opera in installed anywhere else than default, you must edit line 2 to reflect that.

Hope this will help somebody else, too.

Cheers!

checky